Imagining Development: From Vision to Action

The School of Continuing Education and University Resource Centre(SCE-URC) of Azim Premji Universityhas a clearly stated purpose to build capabilities of professionals in education and development sector (both in government and civil society organizations);evolve and promote the use of quality standards in education, including assessment principles and frameworks; as well as influence policy through work with state and national-level institutions This is also an explicit commitment of APU & SCE-URC to the idea that education contributes to social change.

We, at Azim Premji University, believe that development sector is changing fast in terms of its scope and content - which in turn requires specialised and relevant capacities for working professionals. Therefore, need based short term courses are designed to cater to the professional requirement of development practitioners,contributing to the work of 'Development'.

The ten day certificate course (Nov 14 – 23, 2017) "Imagining Development: From Vision to Action" is part of the aforementioned endeavour. This courseaims at connecting technical competencies, with imagination and vision of a desired future, and locating development goals within that imagination.

The intellectual storehouse that are the students and the faculty. Something we could tap into any time and come out satisfied and stimulated.

R. Sridhar Rao
M.A. in Development I Class of 2014

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It was in Gudalur, an amazing landscape in the Nilgiri district of Tamil Nadu, that I did my two week field immersion. The exposure to the vast share of unseen indigenous knowledge and culture of the Adivasi community in Gudalur was an exciting experience.